calamities

英 [kəˈlæmɪtiz]

美 [kəˈlæmətiz]

n.  灾难; 灾祸
calamity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 灾难;灾祸; 祸患
  Acalamityis an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
  1. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age...
     他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
  2. ...the calamity of war...
     兵燹战祸
  3. It could only end in calamity.
     它只会落得个灾难性的下场。

双语例句

• The meteorological satellite system has brought increased accuracy to weather forecasting, substantially reducing economic losses due to natural calamities;
  卫星气象系统提高了天气预报的准确率，大幅度减少了由于自然灾害造成的经济损失；
• They have done remarkably well in coping with natural calamities.
  他们在战胜自然灾害方面做得极为出色。
• We must be prepared against natural calamities.
  我们要做好准备，以防自然灾害。
• I fear most of man-made calamities, concerning natural disasters I'm not so concerned.
  我最怕的是人为的灾难，而对于自然的灾害我并不那么担心。
• For those two will send sudden destruction upon them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?
  因为他们的灾难必忽然而起。耶和华与君王所施行的毁灭，谁能知道呢？
• Once natural and man-made calamities happened, they had to rely on the government's relief.
  今年遭天灾又遇人祸，真是一个凶年。遇上天灾人祸，他们只能靠政府救济。
• He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities
  他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。
• They will also be insured against natural calamities for ten years.
  它们还将获得十年的自然灾害保险。
• Deep personal disappointments are responses which are chosen, and worldwide calamities are the result of worldwide consciousness.
  深刻的个人失望是你选择的反应，而世界性的灾难是全世界意识的结果。
• But, I do not intend to address all the challenges and calamities in this message.
  但我没有打算在这里去宣讲这种种的挑战与灾难。